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Magallanes v. Ill. Bell Tel. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an employment-discrimination suit because the parties had settled is reversed where defendant-employer did not meet its burden to prove...

Huang v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of BIA's denials of several petitions to reopen removal proceedings are dismissed in part and denied in part where no reviewable...

Montano v. Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit seeking recovery for injuries suffered by plaintiffs in confrontations with police, dismissals of plaintiffs' claims are affirmed in part...

Northwest Envtl. Advocates v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Remedies
In an action challenging a regulation originally promulgated by the EPA in 1973 exempting certain marine discharges from the permitting scheme of...

Singh v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
The REAL ID Act of 2005 gives aliens whose removal order became final before the REAL ID Act a reasonable opportunity to obtain judicial review....

Cox v. Ocean View Hotel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case involving an employment agreement containing a mandatory arbitration clause, denial of defendant-employer's...

Urban Habitat v. City of Pleasanton

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a city involving, inter alia, certain of its local land use decisions, dismissal of non-profit organization's petition for writ...

In re Lugo

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Remedies, Sentencing
In a habeas class action on behalf of parole-eligible life prisoners involving, inter alia, efforts to reduce the backlog of parole suitability...

Lopez v. Imperial Cty. Sheriff

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising after respondent terminated appellants from their jobs as correctional sergeants, judgment remanding matter to the Employee Appeals...

Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Ct

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving alleged violations of laws governing rest and meal breaks on transfer from the state supreme court, the court of appeals rules...